Don Schollander
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Full name | Donald Arthur Schollander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Don" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Charlotte, North Carolina | April 30, 1946||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 174 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Santa Clara Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Yale College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Donald Arthur Schollander (born April 30, 1946) is an American former competition swimmer, five-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in four events. He won a total of five gold medals and one silver medal at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. With four gold medals, he was the most successful athlete at the 1964 Olympics.[1]
Early career
Schollander was born in
Olympics
As a teenager in 1962, Schollander moved to
Schollander appeared on an episode of To Tell the Truth immediately after winning his four gold medals.[citation needed]
In his biography, Schollander attributes a temporary decline in his endurance, technique, and speed after the 1964 Olympics as a result of time away from training while he recovered from mononucleosis, the shorter workout distances he swam at Yale as opposed to the distances he swam in high school at Santa Clara under George Haines, the absence of top competitors competing against him while he swam at Yale, and a short bout with Asian Flu. With the help of George Haines's coaching in Santa Clara in the summer of 1965, Schollander believed he recovered much of his prior speed and endurance.[7]
College and Olympic swimming
Schollander attended
Following the 1968 Olympics, Schollander retired from competitive swimming.
After swimming
Schollander was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame at age 19 in 1965.[9] In 1983, he was one of the first group of inductees into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. He is also a member of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame.[10][11]
In 1971, he published his first book, Deep Water (with Duke Savage) chronicling his swimming, his teammates and coaches, and the behind-the-scenes politics of international swimming, especially the Olympic Games. He followed this book in 1974 with Inside Swimming (with Joel H. Cohen).
Schollander and his wife Cheryl reside in
See also
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of Yale University people
- World record progression 200 metres freestyle
- World record progression 400 metres freestyle
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Don Schollander". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ^ John Lohn, Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming, Scarecrow Press, Inc., Lanham, Maryland, p. 133 (2010). Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ^ Smiley-Height, Susan (July 5, 2006). "The Perry legacy lives on". Ocala.com. Retrieved October 8, 2007.
- ^ a b "Notable Oregonians: Don Schollander". Oregon Blue Book. Archived from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved October 8, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Eggers, Kerry (June 2, 2004). "Medal fatigue". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on January 16, 2009. Retrieved October 8, 2007.
- ^ "Fourteenth Annual Oregon Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships" (PDF). Oregon School Activities Association. Retrieved October 8, 2007.
- ^ Schollander, Don, and Savage, Duke, Deep Water, (1971) Crown Publishers, New York, pg. 139-140
- ^ Ferrey, Tom (November 1, 2006). "A sporting blueblood". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 4, 2009.
- ^ "Don Schollander". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on December 13, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2007.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Roll of Honor Members". Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
- ^ "Don Schollander". Olympedia. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the originalon October 19, 2007. Retrieved October 8, 2007.
Bibliography
- Schollander, Don, and Duke Savage, Deep Water, Pelham Books (1971). ISBN 978-0720705423.
- Schollander, Don, and Joel H. Cohen, Inside Swimming, Contemporary Books (1974). ISBN 978-0809289066.
External links
- Don Schollander at World Aquatics
- Don Schollander at the Team USA Hall of Fame (archive July 20, 2023)
- Don Schollander at Olympedia
- Don Schollander at Olympics.com
- Don Schollander at Olympic.org (archived)
- Don Schollander (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived December 13, 2020)
- Wheaties Sports Federation – Archive video featuring Don Schollander at International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived August 4, 2009)